"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.” Our red thread journey is complete now that Julia is home. Please enjoy reading about our family now that we are 5. Our adoption trip to China is archived in the November 2005/December 2005 sections.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Today at Cameron's soccer game his regular coach had to leave early to go to work. So, that means that Assistant Coach Wagner (ahem, that's me!) had to take over the team for the last half. Needless to say I was a bit worried about my coaching skills. I moved a few kids around and let them try out some new positions and skills they've learned. Well, once the 4th quarter rolled around I moved my 3 best players into the forward positions. Not thinking about charging up the score, but merely letting my players play where they like to. One of the more "experienced" refs came over and asked if I really needed to do that. I was sort of lost. Well, we were winning 7-1. Guess there's no reason to do that. So I moved one of our best players back to defense for the last quarter. No biggie. Just a rookie coach mistake in my book.

After the kids did their handshakes with the other team, they sit with the refs and talk about who should get the "Best Sportsman" award for the game. In a weird twist, the head ref gave ME the award. I was shocked. I had no idea! He was very proud that I made that move and that I didn't try to run the score on the other team who is obviously not as skilled as us. YAY! I'm really proud of the way my players did today, especially the girls. Anyways, just wanted to share that. GO WAG'N COOP! (That's our team name!) LOL!